Fertilizer-distributer.



N. 0. CROSS.

FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTBR. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29, 1912.

1,055,321, Patented Mar.11,1913.

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BUFORD, GEORGIA.

FERTILIZER-DISTRIBUTER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mar. 11, 1913.

Application filed June 29.

1912. Serial No. 706,714.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Noni C. Cnoss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buford, in the county of Gwinette and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Fcrtilizer-Distrilniter, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fertilizer distributors and is more particularly designed for use with a planter such as shown in an application filed by me in the United States Patent ()fiice on March 30, 1912, Serial No. 687,878.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide improved means for directing fertilizer into a discharge spout provided therefor, there being mechanism whereby the fertilizer can be discharged in any desired quantity.

Another object is to provide mechanism struction and can be easily operated by one of the supporting'wheels of the frame of the fertilizer distributor.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings :Figure l is a side eleration of the fertilizer distributer constituting the present invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, the fertilizer box being removed. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the lower portion of the fertilizer box and adiacent parts, one side member of the frame being shown in section.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates side frame members the front endsof which converge forwardly as at 2 and form a loop 3 connected, as by means of a link 4, to a standard 5 which is upturned, as shown, and is adapted to be connected to suitable draft appliances. A cross brace 6 is secured between the converging portions'2 of the side lllQnlllQlS and secured to the center of this brace is the upper end portion of a standard 7 having a furrow opening plow or shovel 8 at its lower end. A brace 9 extends from the lower low the braces 17 are located bearings 17' for an axle 18. A ground wheel 19 is loosely mounted on the middle portion of this axle and the tread-of this wheel is preferably concaved transversely, as shown particularly in Fig. 2. The hub of the ground wheel 19 has a clutch face 20 and a 'sleeve 21 constituting a clutch member is feathered on the? axle 18 and is engaged by the forked end 22" of a shifting lever 23. This lever is fulcrumed, as at; 24, upon a bracket 25 secured upon and extending from the brace 17 at one side of the machine. A notched block 26 is fastened on the cross bar 16 and lever 23 is adapted to be shifted so as to be seated in either of the notches formed in this block. Thus it will be seen that the lever can be secured with the clutch sleeve 21 either in or out of engagement with the clutch face of hub 20. i

A sprocket 27 is secured to andZrotatcs with the clutch sleeve 21. and is adapted to transmit motion, through a chain 28, to a sprocket 29 secured to a shaft 30 which is journaled within the front portions of the side members 1 and extends transversely of the machine. A tappct wheel 32 is secured to the shaft 30 close to one side of the machine.

Reinovably connected to one of the side members 1 of the machine are upwardly converging standards 33 and another standard 3 .1: is mounted loosely on shaft 30, the wheel 32 being located between the standards 33 and '34. The upper ends of the standards are pivotally connected to the upper portions of the sides of a box or casing 58 adapted to hold fertilizer. The bottom of this casing is provided with an outlet spout 59, there being an opening 60 in one wall of the casing andthrough which material is free to discharge into the spout. This opening is adapted to be partly or entirely closed by means of a gate 61 having a clamping screw 62 by means of which it can be held in anyposit-ion to which it may be adjusted. An ear 63 extends downwardly from the bottom of the casing 58 and into f the path of the teeth of thetappet wheel 32. i Secured to-the standards 33 is a side strip $4 having an arm .65 extending at right an- "'glcefrom one end thereof'and across the fback face of the box ,58, there being a spring '56. whichconnects this? arm 65 to the back face of th e' box 58; *This spring serves to "old the box normally-with the ear 63 in the ath ofthe teeth'of the tappet wheel 32.

. rr espoucrsej discharges into the upper .endjof' alboot 67 which extends downwardly 1 and forwardly; so as to, discharge fertilizer back of and close to the-furrow opener 8. The lower end oft-he boot67 isiconnec'ted to the furrow opener 8 by-a hracket 68.

When the machine is 'movedforward the an wheel 19 will, under. ordinary conditions, ro-

rtat freely on the axle 18-. When, however, tfitis desired to deposit fertilizer in the fur row opened by, the pldw 8, sleeve 21 is shifted into engagei'ne i f with hub by ine-ans of lever 23. wheel 19 will thus fotate' the sleeve file' fid cause motion to be transmitted through chain 28 and its sprockfets .tothe shaft 30. The tappetwheel 32 will the strike against car 63 and cause the box 8"and spout 59 to swing backwardly and forwardly, "the joltingaction produced by the inte mittent striking of theear 63 being sufficient to cause the fertilizer to flow along the spout 59 and into the boot 67. .The fordirectly back of the plow 8 and the loose soil at the sides of the furrowiwill faflbnck onto the fertilizer. a W

What is claimed is 1. In a fertilizer Qdistribute'r, thecombination with a pivoted fertilizer box having an outlet spout extending therefronnvof a boot hung under and designeditofr'eeeive material from the spout, meanstfofhpiding thebox yieldingly in one position, a revoluble tappet, and means upon the box for engagement by the tappet.

2. A fertilizer distribute]: including a pivoted fertilizer box'having an outlet spout, a boot under the spout, a fixed structure, a spring connection between the box and struc ture, a revolublej tappet, and means 'on the box for engagement by the tapp'et. .5. A fertilizer distributer including 1 from the frame and fixedly connected back ofthe furrow opener, standards upon "tilizer will thus be directed into the furrow standards, a fertilizer box pivotally inount ed between the standards, a structure con nected to one of the standards,'a spring conneetion between the structure and the box for holding the box normally in a predetermined position, an outlet spout extending from the box, means ing material from the spout, a tappet mounted for rotation, and an en depending from the box and normally in the path of the tappet. R

4:. In a fertilizer distributer, the combination with a wheel supported frame, and a for controlling the flow of'material into the spout, a boot for receivfurrow opener fixedly connected to the frame, of a boot extending downwardly to the a fertilizer box pivotally mountthe frame 7 an outletspout ed between the standards,

extending therefrom, means for controlling the flow of material from the box and into the spout, a fixed structure connected to one of the standards, a spring connection between said structure and the box for holdi'ng said box normally in a predetermined position, means depending from the box, a tappet wheel ,for engaging said means, a shaft revoluble with the wheel, means for transmitting motion thereto from the sup" porting wheel. v

5. In a fertilizer distributor, thecombina ,tion with a frame, a furrow opener carried by the front end portion thereof, and a supporting wheel adgacent t-he'rear end of the frame, of fertilizer box, means for con-. veying fertilizer from the fertilizer box and into the furrow at a point close to the furrow opener, and means for co'ntrollin the discharge of fertilizer from the fert lizer box, said means including 21 depending spout in the bottom of the,-box, and dis; charging into the fertilizer conveying 111U1S,'it revoluble for engagement by t actuated by the supporting wheel forfro-f tating the tappetz.

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In testimony that I claim tilirte'ffl 'egoing as myown, I have hereto aflixeld ture in the presence of two witnesses;

I NtPAH G; CEGSS. Witnesses: W. A. RUPP,

W. 0'. Sumerian;

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